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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Entitlements and related matters - Entitlements

71: Employer's obligations in relation to rehabilitation

You could also call this:

"Employers must help injured workers return to work"

If you get hurt and can't work, sometimes the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) decides that you can go back to your old job with the same employer. If this happens, ACC will tell your employer in writing.

When your employer gets this notice, they have to do everything they can to help you get back to work. This means they need to support you with your rehabilitation plan. Your rehabilitation plan is a set of steps to help you recover and return to work.

Your employer should do their best to make it easier for you to come back to work. This might include things like changing your work area or giving you different tasks while you're getting better.

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Part 4Entitlements and related matters
Entitlements

71Employer's obligations in relation to rehabilitation

  1. This section applies to an employer if—

  2. the Corporation decides, under section 86(2)(a), that it is reasonably practicable to return the claimant to the same employment in which the claimant was engaged, and with the employer who was employing the claimant, when the claimant's incapacity commenced; and
    1. the Corporation gives the employer notice, in writing, of the decision.

      1. The employer must take all practicable steps to assist the claimant with the claimant's vocational rehabilitation under his or her individual rehabilitation plan.